How can I transfer my records to cd? Best quality

You need a good D/A converter; I use an M-Audio Delta 1010. The one in your computer hardly qualifies. You also need decent mastering software. I have used Wavelab (about $500, I guess), which has most of the necessary tools, but is very hard to learn (you probably will want to use some plug-ins, e.g. click and pop filter, equalization, dithering algorithm) and good cd-burning capability. CYou can can burn to 16 bit.wav files or even do higher bit rates if you plan to burn to a dvd or hard drive and play back on a music server. But I agree with Bdgregory above. The amount of work involved in doing it right is enormous. You are likely to quickly realize this and give up on the project. Besides, the records will still sound better.

Geez, don't let these guys scare you away from this. It's not that hard to do, plus if you have a nice sounding vinyl rig the CDs you get are going to sound a lot better than buying them on CD.

Here is a thread with some info on it. http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1194140062

Not including the time it takes to play the LP, I can do the track splitting in about 10 minutes.

I think that the people that find this too much trouble don't actually enjoy their vinyl. Since I listen to vinyl 90% of the time when I'm at home, it's no real bother to turn on the Korg MR1000 to record an album and remembering to jump up to key in a breaks between the songs. If you do that, then the digital playback will jump from cut to cut as desired. Downconverting and producing DVD-A is then all in the digital domain and pretty efficient.

Someone that thinks that a CD is a replacement for vinyl has now idea of the difference between the two formats.

Dave

I thought this unit was a record to hard drive only.
How do you record to a DVD-A to a DVD disc? or what?

You can drive yourself as crazy with this as with any audiophile component or system in terms of looking for the "best" DAC or program, etc. There's lots of good information in the archives.

Here's what I suggest to get you started. Go to http://www.cfbsoftware.com. Download a trial version of LP Ripper and LP Recorder software. With that, your computer, your turntable, an LP, and a cable to connect your turntable to your computer, you can try out burning LPs to disc and see how involved it is. It's pretty simple. The biggest pain is simply the time of babysitting over the system while it records. It does a good job. If you like it, you can then move up to more complex programs or outboard DACs, etc. You may not want to. You may find it a hassle, or you may find the quality is acceptable without any further equipment or programs.